I am a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where I am also a Research Associate with the Center on the Politics of Development and a Graduate Student Affiliate with the Institute for International Studies.

My research centers on the international dimensions of authoritarian politics and democratization, with a particular emphasis on opposition parties and international democracy promotion, and a regional focus on Southeast Asia. My book-length dissertation project examines the success and strategies of opposition parties, focusing on the international activities of these actors in authoritarian contexts.

My academic research has been published or is forthcoming in the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Political Communication, and has been supported by the American Political Science Association, the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, the Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG), and Berkeley's Institute for International Studies. My other writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Slate, The Diplomat, and World Politics Review, among other publications.

I was previously based in Bangkok, Thailand, where I worked as the Research and Advocacy Director of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights. I also worked as a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and I hold a a BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University.